** Description changed: - Bug: Mouse cursor/pointer is invisible after an installation and reboot of Xubuntu i386 14.04.3; 15.04; 15.10 betas and daily image. The same happens after installation and reboot of Ubuntu i386 15.04 (didn't try other versions). The mouse is still there because we can see it act on the corner whiskermenu, and when it passes over the menu entries or the xfce panel icons but it's invisible, so it's not possible to use the system to report the bug via the terminal tools. The mouse pointer works perfectly in all the live sessions and even during installation. It's only after rebooting that the pointer disappears (trackpad or mouse it's the same). - I was using Linux Mint 17.2 on my work/stable partition but decided to test Xubuntu on my sda3 test partition and went through all the installations that I referred above. - I ended up installing Voyager 14.04 (with Xfce 4.12) which is a Xubuntu based, actually it's the Xubuntu core, with very customized icon/themes, settings, scripts, conky, etc. - Verified that the bug doesn't occur when installing Xubuntu 14.04 and Xubuntu 14.04.2. But at 14.04.3, then 15.04, then 15.10 the bug is there. + Bug: Mouse cursor/pointer is invisible after an installation and reboot of Xubuntu i386 14.04.2, 14.04.3 and 15.04. The same happens after installation and reboot of Ubuntu i386 15.04 (didn't try other versions). The mouse is still there because we can see it act on the corner whiskermenu, and when it passes over the menu entries or the xfce panel icons but it's invisible, so it's not possible to use the system to report the bug via the terminal tools. The mouse pointer works perfectly in all the live sessions and even during installation. It's only after rebooting that the pointer disappears (trackpad or mouse it's the same). + I was using Linux Mint 17.2 on my work/stable partition but decided to test Xubuntu on my sda3 test partition and went through all the installations that I referred above. + Verified that the bug doesn't occur when installing Xubuntu 14.04. and Ubuntu 14.04. But at versions 14.04.2, 14.04.3, then 15.04, the bug is there. Could it be from the particular hardware configuration I'm using? CPU: Intel Atom N455 @1.66 Ghz (1 core, 2 threads); RAM: 1 Gb; GPU: Intel GMA 3150 (integrated, shared memory, own memory=64 Mb). This Acer Aspire One 260 notebook is from 2010. - Of course Linux Mint Xfce 32bit 17.1 and 17.2 do not have this bug at all. Installation is flawless. - And now what I found out: in one installation of Xubuntu 14.04.3 I managed to get the mouse pointer back by using the reaction to the mouse over in the Settings menu to go to Mouse and Touchpad settings and there, with a lot of luck I was able to change the default theme to DMZ Black and got the mouse pointer back. Of course I forgot to file the bug report (sorry!) because I then was trying to fix it and installed the oxygen-mouse-cursor, via Synaptic, then selected oxy-white as default cursor. But the oxy-white cursor only appeared inside some apps and setting screens, like Firefox, Synaptic, etc. On the desktop it reverted back to DMZ-Black. I NOTICED that the default mouse CURSOR PREVIEW, in Mouse & Touchpad settings IS EMPTY, DOES NOT show ANY PREVIEW at all. Then I discovered that in "/usr/share/icons/default" there is only a symlink called "index.theme", which contains this text: "[Icon Theme] Inherits=DMZ-White" and links to "/etc/alternatives/x-cursor-theme", which is anoth er (!?) symlink file that links to "/usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursor.theme" and contains the same "[Icon Theme] Inherits=DMZ-White" text. Sorry but isn't this way of setting the default mouse cursor theme a complete denial of the KISS principle? And it sure does look like a kludge to me, but then I only use Linux since May of 2013, so forgive my tone, I'm pretty sure I'm talking about stuff that I don't understand enough, sorry. And on top of all this, I saw no other "invisible mouse cursor" bug report in Launchpad, and trust me, I really looked for it. So I guess this means bad luck for me, I'm the only one affected, unless other users of Acer Aspire One are newbies and don't submitted the bug at all. They just changed to Linux Mint when their mouse was gone. By the way I will now examine how Linux Mint deals with the default mouse problem and will compare system folders, at least the ones I've mentioned above. So I'll do a clean install on Linux Mint Xfce 17.2 on my test partitio n. - I don't know if you're interested in what I might find. It seems that you deserve a prize just for reading through all this stuff! - Well you have my email: kafsh...@gmail.com and, if something happens to this bug, I would like to help with it. Many thanks for all that might happen and don't worry, if it is the hardware's fault I can always use Mint, although I prefer Xubuntu. + But Linux Mint Xfce 32bit 17.1 and 17.2 ISO's do not have this bug at all. + What I found out: in one installation of Xubuntu 14.04.3 I managed to get the mouse pointer back by using the reaction to the mouse over in the Settings menu to go to Mouse and Touchpad settings and there, with a lot of luck I was able to change the default theme to the DMZ Black theme and got the mouse pointer back. Of course I forgot to file the bug report (sorry!) because I then was trying to fix it and installed the oxygen-mouse-cursor, via Synaptic, then selected oxy-white as default cursor. But the oxy-white cursor only appears inside some apps and setting screens, like Firefox, Synaptic, etc. On the desktop it reverted back to DMZ-Black. I noticed that the default mouse cursor preview field, in Mouse & Touchpad settings is empty, doesn't show any preview at all. Then I discovered that in "/usr/share/icons/default" there is only a symlink called "index.theme", which contains this text: "[Icon Theme] Inherits=DMZ-White" and links to "/etc/alternatives/x-cursor-theme", which is another (!?) symlink file that links to "/usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursor.theme" and contains the same "[Icon Theme] Inherits=DMZ-White" text. Update: when Xubuntu 15.10 final release came out I tried to install it from the ISO but disconnected the USB mouse during installation. So after the first reboot the mouse was there. Before shuting down or rebooting again, I made sure I changed the mouse theme from "Default" to DMZ White (any of the other themes will work) and, since then, the mouse pointer is there. However when I install oxygen-cursors-theme and select any of the oxygen cursors as my default mouse the oxygen mouse pointer is only visible inside some apps and system screens. On the desktop it reverts to DMZ-White. So this is actually a bug but I don't know how to file it because it's not from the mouse cursor packages.
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